My Windows was running (literally) twice as fast.

Muffins_McGee

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So recently, a buddy of mine helped me overclock the memory in my machine (after several weeks of failed attempts to do so myself) from 1600MHz to 2400MHz. At first I didn't notice any changes to the system, but after re-running the Windows Assessment test, my Windows began running at double the speed: the clock logged time twice as fast, desktop backgrounds changed at double speed, animations, internet browsers, even games would run much faster than they originally did. However, this is not the issue. I loved this. Recently, however, I restarted my system after an update, and the added speed went away. My question to you is how do I re-obtain this? Is there a way to edit Windows so that its base clock speed is faster? Thanks in advance for any light that can be shed on this.
 

Muffins_McGee

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It didn't start until after the overclocking, so I assumed the two things were related, but I guess they could be separate. I have scoured the internet for someone else having the same issue before I came here, but I've come up with nothing.
 

pauls3743

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Just a comment or two, this doesn't really help you solve your problem.

Something to bear in mind, when components are overclocked there is a limit to how far they can be overcloked before you start damaging them and reducing their life. A jump from 1600MHz to 2400MHz sounds a pretty hefty jump and I wouldn't be surprised if some damage has been done.

With that in mind, it's quite possible that your computer has had a boot failure and the motherboard bios has restored the settings to a default level that it knows works.
 

Muffins_McGee

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I believe it does, actually; but that's not the case. It still reads back at the 2400MHz. However, it's high performance RAM (G.SKILL Trident X), rated at 2400MHz, so I'm not terribly concerned with it being damaged. I wouldn't increase the speed by 50% lightly.